Independent 9179/Dac

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My apologies to everyone; this is very late. I had computer problems and, having done the blog once but failed to post it, started all over again and used the old system, which isn’t so elegant and doesn’t give nice colours etc, since I don’t intend to go through it all by hand. So the blog is pretty basic, but I have underlined the definitions. And WordPress seems to be doing funny things, so that some of these answers will have weird extra spaces.

Thank goodness it was Dac today: straightforward clues with simple explanations, and everything up to the usual high standard.

Across
1 Author having cake without tea (6) — BUCHAN — bu(cha)n
4 Song from crazy Rhode Island girl (8) — MADRIGAL — mad RI gal
10 Is getting very tired – floats were no use when swimming (5,7,3) — WEARS ONESELF OUT — (floats were no use)*
11 Stops son wearing jumper (5,4) — PULLS OVER — pull(s)over
12 Handlebar, perhaps, is partly detached (5) — TACHE — Hidden in deTACHEd
13 Establish place for animal at rear of home (7) — INSTALL — in stall
15 Awaken reveller stripped of outer clothing (6) — AROUSE — {c}arouse{r}
17 Male against small insect (6) — MANTIS — m anti s
19 Ascetic scoffed about American soldiers (7) — AUSTERE — a(US)te RE
21 Drink in village restaurant (5) — LAGER — Hidden in vilLAGE Restaurant
22 During journey, train isn’t suffering disruption (2,7) — IN TRANSIT — (train isn’t)*
24 Japanese drama about fool seeking election still (15) — NOTWITHSTANDING — no(twit)h standing [= seeking election]
25 Is airline able to stray inside part of Aussie location? (8) — CANBERRA — can B(err)A
26 Translation of a French drama excerpt for the radio (6) — UNSEEN — un “scene”
Down
1 Pole wanting British POWs assembled inside (8) — BOWSPRIT — B(owsp)rit, the owsp being (POWs)*
2 Actor and comedian taking part in dance (7,8) — CHARLES LAUGHTON — charles(laugh)ton
3 A poster’s oddly showing church features (5) — APSES — a p{o}s{t}e{r}’s
5 Old country bumpkin has picked up light (7) — ASSYRIA — ass (airy)rev.
6 Maybe brother and sister extremely raucous when swallowing ecstasy (9) — RELATIONS — r(elation)s, the rs being r{aucou}s
7 County’s various resources delight, though not initially (15) — GLOUCESTERSHIRE — (resources {d}elight)*
8 Perhaps I could be a permissive sort? (6) — LETTER — 2 defs: I is a letter of the alphabet
9 Sound whiny, stitching name into jeans the wrong way (6) — SNIVEL — n in (Levis)rev.
14 Left a fire blazing: this could mean hell! (9) — AFTERLIFE — (left a fire)*
16 Shape of writing implement with label attached (8) — PENTAGON — pen tag on
18 Short European woman’s more chic (7) SWISHER — Swis{s} her
19 Clever, like pupil missing English at last (6) — ASTUTE — as tute{e}
20 Commander visited by corporal finally in hospital (6) — CLINIC — c({corpora}l in)ic — a slightly unusual abbreviation: cic, not c-in-c
23 UN official‘s name in one article after another (5) — ANNAN — an(n)an — ref. Kofi Annan

4 comments on “Independent 9179/Dac”

  2. Nice easy and enjoyable stroll, just one question, why does laugh = comedian, I know I have seen it before but….. Anyway thanks all

  4. redddevil @1
    From Chambers under ‘unseen’ – “an unprepared passage for translation”.

    Andrew @2
    He’s a laugh / He’s a comedian.

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